Oystermen Still Plaugued

By September 19, 2010, there was an estimated two hundred million gallons of harmful oil spread out in the Gulf of Mexico. Before this oil spill disaster, Louisiana supported about forty percent of the nation's oysters. Today, it takes about 2 days to catch as much oysters as it once did in one morning. In the picture from CNN world news, there is a man named Arthur Etienne Jr. who is slouching over the side of his house or boat. it looks to me like he was once looking out into the vast ocean wishing he only had the oysters that he use to have and now, in the photograph, his head is down and his body impersonates depression. It says in the caption below the image, He worries that if oyster populations don't improve, he'll be forced to move. (Bryan Thomas). The color of the sky has a grayish stormy look to it, which is used to also darken the image and touch the readers emotions. The dark clouds give me a feeling of loss or calamity. The cause of the sky's colors causes the ocean water to be dark and depressing as well. Arthur Etienne Jr's clothing is also dark and almost shadowed, underneath the small enclosed roof. This portrays a feeling of anxiety and no hope. This oyster business is all that Mr. Utienne and other oystermen have and if they don't get the water cleaned up and start catching more oysters, they will have no other choice but to move everything that they have to another location and start all over. The last noticeable attribute to this picture is the amount of clothing that Arthur Etienne Jr. is wearing. He has on a jacket, gloves, beanie, and I would assume long pants to keep him warm. With his clothing and his body shape, Arthur looks cold and miserable. Not only is he cold feeling by the weather, but also he is cold feeling by the situation.